LL won't let us have a dog..

Willsnarf1983

hayley11 wrote: »

I don't want to volunteer for a rescue centre, I have started volunteering for CAB, I couldn't manage both

I've walked dogs plenty of times, most in this day and age are on leads so i'm fine with that. I just don't like stroking/handling dogs I don't know.

But surely you won't know the puppy so how would you manage to stroke/handle that? What I am saying is that your making a poor excuse and that if you actually went and volunteered then you would get to know the dogs just like you'll get to know the puppy if you get one.

hayley11

Willsnarf1983 wrote: »

But surely you won't know the puppy so how would you manage to stroke/handle that? What I am saying is that your making a poor excuse and that if you actually went and volunteered then you would get to know the dogs just like you'll get to know the puppy if you get one.

I'm not making a "poor excuse" i'm giving no excuse, I don't have to. I am giving you the reasons, which are mine and are completely valid. I volunteer already. I cannot physically manage to volunteer for two places.

This is why I want a puppy, it will be mine from the start (well almost the start) and it will know me and I will know it. I'll have to get used to it, just like it'll have to get used to me.

Dave_liverpool

hayley11 wrote: »

I don't want to volunteer for a rescue centre, I have started volunteering for CAB, I couldn't manage both

I've walked dogs plenty of times, most in this day and age are on leads so i'm fine with that. I just don't like stroking/handling dogs I don't know.

But many dogs are off the lead and will come up to your dog, and up to you also.

I think on reading your responses you have a rose tinted view of dog ownership and how your dog will be unlike how a dog can be.

I also don't see your reason having any weight to it to give your landlord. I'd be sticking with a no, rules is rules.

Gwhiz

All this discussion is irrelevant. LL says NO!

frugallass

pelirocco wrote: »

The fact is you can never smell your own dog

LOL - that's where the honesty of visitors comes in (my mum would deffo tell me if the house was a bit stinky)

talulahbeige_2

missile wrote: »

If you want to be a TROLL, get your facts right :rolleyes:

Pot! kettle! Black! Troll away little man.

Also, do not tar me with the same brush as your ex tennants, you don't know me thankfully. I have plenty of respect for the people who deserve it!

hayley11

Dave_liverpool wrote: »

But many dogs are off the lead and will come up to your dog, and up to you also.

I think on reading your responses you have a rose tinted view of dog ownership and how your dog will be unlike how a dog can be.

I also don't see your reason having any weight to it to give your landlord. I'd be sticking with a no, rules is rules.

Well fair enough if you think that but I do not have a rose tinted view at all. I haven't said my dog will be "unlike how a dog can be" I haven't said anything of the kind.

You don't see how my reasons can give any weight, but you are not my landlord so doesn't really matter what you think of my reasons.

Some people seem to have taken a dislike to me not being able to volunteer at the rescue centre, which has nothing to do with my situation anyway.

I shall write my letter to the landlord and if he still says no, then fine I won't kick up a fuss of any kind, i'll accept it but I won't feel happy until i've given him the reasons and explained how the dog will be looked after (not going upstairs for instance)

Thanks to everybody for the constructive advice and opinions, it's been very interesting

mlz1413

Dave_liverpool wrote: »

But many dogs are off the lead and will come up to your dog, and up to you also.

I think on reading your responses you have a rose tinted view of dog ownership and how your dog will be unlike how a dog can be.

I also don't see your reason having any weight to it to give your landlord. I'd be sticking with a no, rules is rules.

I agree with this, as a dog owner I have been jumped up by dogs with and without their owners present. Once in clean work stuff as I was running late which I was made worse by the owner not apologising but just saying 'she's a good dog really'

But either way back to the original question I cannot see this persuading a LL in your direction.

I also think your 'I can't volunteer at two places at once' response raises the question of how will you have time for a dog then? If being at CAB means you can't do morning, evening or weekend help for animals that don't need you specifically 365 days a year then how on earth will you find the time for a puppy and training?

ladylumps45

our previous landlord allowed our dogs but just asked for a larger deposit.instead of 600 he asked for 900 pounds which was fair enough.our landlady now has never asked for references or anything or a bigger deposit.we have a 4 year old german shepherd and a 10 year old lab x.
they are thoroughly house trained and cause no damage but if they did we would pay for it and sort it out but i know not all are like that.

minerva_windsong

I'm not a dog owner so I can't speak for myself, but I direct you to Marley and Me. That starts out with the author's childhood dog being great and is partly what persuades them to get Marley...

Could you not volunteer at CAB part time and then volunteer at the animal rescue place part time as well? That way you could do both - volunteering does not have to be a full time job, you can do as much or as little as you like - and being around dogs you don't know may help you to get better about that, if that made sense. You might not even have to do anything like handling them; I'm sure if you explained to the rescue centre manager as well they would probably hand you the dog on the lead and send you on your way, and then you hand the dog back still on the lead at the end. I'm sure they wouldn't let the dog go out with someone it didn't know if it wasn't safe.

Also, I'm not saying this in a critical way but what would you do about the volunteering if you got the dog? I'm assuming that you'd have to choose which one to commit to as you say you're not able to volunteer at two places...

ETA: I'm not being critical, just merely trying to help by making suggestions. I apologise if that isn't how it came across.